I have tried to use the Area Lights but as soon as I hit render Daz crashes, using 4.5.1.6 on a Windows 7 laptop, core i7 with 8gig of ram. I have just submitted a ticket to Tech. Support.

Everywhere I have looked in the forums all users are saying they work fine with this release of Daz and am wondering if there is something I am missing. I have just done a fresh install of Daz and content and still have the problem.

Interesting framing (that I'd have thought would have been okay to post, though it was definitely borderline). Too bad it had to come down...looking forward to flags (though I don't do many TOS-inappropriate renders myself), and in the meantime I should really join DA...